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Fake loading screen? What are you, stupid?

Good question. My test users (as well as I) became confused when the switch was instant. The different screens do not differ enough. A loading screen for a second or so seem to make our brains re-interpret the content and avoid confusion.

Fair enough, but I still don't want it, how do I turn it off?

Just go to the options in your dashboard and set Fake loading screen timeout to 0.

Can I customize the widget?

Yes. Both the widget and the template tag "get_ajaxlogin()" by default use the al_template.php in the plugin directory. To have your own just make a copy of al_template.php and put in your theme directory along with the other templates.